Nostalgia for mobilization and empire myths in wartime column
A historical column argues against overvaluing Napoleon era tactics and envisions Hitler’s European conquest as a warning. It discusses Napoleon, Prussia, and past Allied responses, then shifts to nostalgia for World War II mobilization and defense industry planning, noting criticisms of excess reminiscence and the need for realism.
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War Department
North Atlantic U boat War Front Expands Ahead of Winter
A New York commentary argues the war has shifted to the North Atlantic with Nazi bombers and submarines threatening Britain and U S supply lines. It notes U boat tactics, small submarine production, and needs for corvettes and destroyers as Britain fights to preserve its lifeline across the ocean.
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New York
Balkans
Gibraltar
North Africa
East Africa
Albania
Europe
England
Germany
Heinkels
Messerschmidts
Coventries
Hamburgs
London
Berlin
Mediterranean
India
North Atlantic
Roosevelt
Churchill
France
America
Cuxhaven
Kiel
Ostend
Belgium
Austria
Adriatic
Royal Air Force
British Isles
Ireland
Gunther Prien
Prien
Herr Goering
No-Man’s Land
Hindenburg Line
Coast Guard to Escort Pacific Seal Herds
Ten Coast Guard cutters will convoy migrating Pacific seal herds from warmer waters toward Alaska for the summer. A portion will guard the seals during the mating season and through autumn, under an international pact effective since 1911 among the United States Great Britain Russia and Japan to protect the endangered herds.
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Seattle
Wash
Coast Guard
United States
Alaska
Oregon
Weabioeteng
Russia
Japan
Aluminum Use Curtailed by Defense Needs Says Expert
Kingston reports that civilian use of aluminum will be restricted as the metal is diverted to military needs. Officials estimate 600 million pounds produced by Aluminum Company of America in 1941, with 350 million pounds for defense, leaving 250 million for civilians. A Reynolds Metals plant expansion in Lis heating will add 40 million pounds this year and rise to 60 million by spring 1942, with 80 percent of output reserved for government use.
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N. J
Papa
Army
Navy
Aluminum Company of America
New York
Reynolds Metals Company
Reynolds ‘Company
Shaking the Liver as Exercise and Colds Insight
A column discusses vibrating exercise boxes and horseback riding as liver stimulants to boost mood and bowels. It cites McGill research and a Wood and Danshill rhyme, notes daily walks, and reviews vaccines' modest cold benefits. It ends with a Q&A on sugar in waste and diabetes risk.
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McGill University
Wood
Danshill
Credit Buying Flights Returns to Skies
A dated humor piece notes seventeen airlines offer installment air travel with no down payment and credit approvals. It imagines travelers boarding now and paying later, comparing to railroads, and joking about collecting on delivery and humorous customer remittance notes.
Memory of a bygone era in a torn country
A reflective column notes postwar housing in trailers for defense workers and public fatigue with radio advertising. It recalls humorous wartime shows for draftees and jokes about military and theater icons, while musing on a distant prospect of war and cultural nostalgia.
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